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Chimney
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:25 am
by kamkiel
Re: Chimney
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:05 am
by Billy Klubb
obviously I can't give any advice, but that looks really cool!
Re: Chimney
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:44 am
by sandahlpipe
I'm trying to figure out how it is you're smoking it. The bottom of the chamber doesn't show the airway...
Re: Chimney
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:59 am
by kamkiel
sandahlpipe wrote:I'm trying to figure out how it is you're smoking it. The bottom of the chamber doesn't show the airway...
Good morning Jeremiah! The seventh picture is a shot of the whole chamber (plus the magnetic ball holding the pipe). The second to last photo has a picture of the briar pin that can be placed into the bowl. The last picture is of the pin in the bowl.
Re: Chimney
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:59 am
by kamkiel
kamkiel wrote:sandahlpipe wrote:I'm trying to figure out how it is you're smoking it. The bottom of the chamber doesn't show the airway...
Good morning Jeremiah! The seventh picture is a shot of the whole chamber (plus the magnetic ball holding the pipe). The second to last photo has a picture of the briar pin that can be placed into the bowl. The last picture is of the pin in the bowl.
Like this
Re: Chimney
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:34 am
by Ocelot55
My Buddy has a Tsuge chimney just like this. He claims it smokes great.
On to the pipe, your main problem as I see it, is a less than graceful flow to the shank and stem. There is a lot more meat you can take off the stem on bottom primarily but also on the top as well. The bend seems to be concentrated in one area of the stem. It would look better if it was a more gradual bend.
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Even in my edited pic, there is probably still not enough of a gradual bend and too much material on the stem, but I think by adding a little more to the bottom line of the briar and taking quite a bit off the bottom of the stem it looks much better.
Re: Chimney
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:13 pm
by kamkiel
Ocelot55 wrote:My Buddy has a Tsuge chimney just like this. He claims it smokes great.
On to the pipe, your main problem as I see it, is a less than graceful flow to the shank and stem. There is a lot more meat you can take off the stem on bottom primarily but also on the top as well. The bend seems to be concentrated in one area of the stem. It would look better if it was a more gradual bend.
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Even in my edited pic, there is probably still not enough of a gradual bend and too much material on the stem, but I think by adding a little more to the bottom line of the briar and taking quite a bit off the bottom of the stem it looks much better.
Thank you for this critique. I have a feeling it will take a lot more time understanding these fine subtleties that create beauty through lines and proportions. This is going to make me crazy, as I'm still trying to stop making beginner mistakes and leaving scratch marks on pipes. There is also always that lingering temptation to get some color on the pipe before the final shape has been dialed in as well. Time to try and enter a new stage of "slow the f*@k down".
Thanks!
Kiel
Re: Chimney
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:16 pm
by kamkiel
Oh yeah, I smoked the pipe today twice! Once to break in the bottom half, and the second to try it with the chamber pin. It was quite nice, and I look forward to its next smoke. I'll have to try and get my hands on one of those tsuges for comparison.
Re: Chimney
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:26 pm
by Charl
That pin is quite interesting. Would love to see what the Tsuge pin looks like. Or is it the same as you made?
Adding to Mr Jones: the button (front to back) seems a bit thin to me? Might just be me.
Re: Chimney
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 4:02 am
by kamkiel
Charl wrote:That pin is quite interesting. Would love to see what the Tsuge pin looks like. Or is it the same as you made?
Adding to Mr Jones: the button (front to back) seems a bit thin to me? Might just be me.
Thanks Charl. I normally keep my button (front to back) around 2mm. I have a napkin lying around in the workshop with E markle's button sizes on one side and Todd Johnson's on the otherside. I dont have one of those digital calipers, just the plain old regular kind.
I haven't seen the tsuge pin either. I saw it in that drawing and thought it was pretty cool. If I end up burning through my pin, I'll make sure to post an update on here. So far its pretty nice. I just turned a piece of briar to a diameter that would fall into the bowl nice and easily. I was going to try and make it look like a golf tee, and advertise it as a pipe for both 18 and 9 holes, but I have nobody to sell pipes to
I ended up doing that screw kind of design because I wanted to see if I could.
Kiel
Re: Chimney
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:12 am
by Charl
Thanks Kiel!